Molluscs as crop pests /

This 19-chapter book discusses the biology (including reproduction, life history, feeding preferences and sexual behaviour) of molluscs as pests of horticultural, field and fodder crops, and outlines the development of appropriate mechanisms for the control of these pests (mainly biological, cultura...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Barker, G. M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY : CABI Pub., ©2002.
Temas:
Mollusks.
Agricultural pests.
Shellfish.
Mollusca
Shellfish
Mollusques.
Ennemis des cultures.
shellfishes.
Mollusca (phylum)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
Baits.
Biological control.
Chemical control.
Cultural control.
Feeding preferences.
Field crops.
Fodder crops.
Horticultural crops.
Life history.
Mollusc control.
Molluscicides.
Natural enemies.
Plant pests.
Reproduction.
Reviews.
Sexual behaviour.
Agricultural pests
Mollusks
mollusca
slakkenbestrijding
mollusc control
gewassen
crops
chemische bestrijding
chemical control
mollusciciden
molluscicides
gewasbescherming
plant protection
gastropoda
integrated pest management
toxicologie
toxicology
duurzame landbouw
sustainable agriculture
Diseases, Pests and Disorders of Plants (General)
Chemical Control
Integrated Control, Integrated Pest Management
Plantenziekten, -plagen en -afwijkingen (algemeen)
Chemische bestrijding
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contributors; Preface; 1 Chemical Control of Terrestrial Gastropods; 2 Molluscicidal Baits for Control of Terrestrial Gastropods; 3 Achatina fulicaBowdich and Other Achatinidae as Pests in Tropical Agriculture; 4 Vaginulidae in Central America, with Emphasis on the Bean Slug Sarasinula plebeia (Fischer); 5 Apple Snails (Ampullariidae) as Agricultural Pests: their Biology, Impacts and Management; 6 Helicidae and Hygromiidae as Pests in Cereal Crops and Pastures in Southern Australia.

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